Marilyn Monroe Jelly Belly Jelly Bean Portrait

Bah Humbugs Sweet Shop has become known for its’ unusual celebrity and royal visitors and their latest celebrity visitor is sure to impress the most discerning of customers! The renowned sweet shop in Masham will be playing host to a special visitor this Summer, the most iconic actress of the twentieth century...Marilyn Monroe!

It’s a piece of modern art which makes the delicious actress look sweet enough to eat. If you take a close look you will see that this masterpiece is made entirely of thousands of Jelly Belly jelly beans and pictures the bubbly actress as you’ve never seen her before.

Today, the name Marilyn Monroe is synonymous with beauty, glamour and effervescence. She is an inspiration to all who strive to overcome obstacles for ambition of achieving great things, so come down to Bah Humbugs as we guarantee that you’ll be impressed with what you see sitting in the shop window! Proprietor Lucy Scott Paul is displaying the exclusive piece of artwork following the exciting response from customers when she exhibited two other pieces of Jelly Belly Artwork of The Queen and Elvis over recent years.

"I’m really excited about having this piece of art in the shop. Jelly Bellys are really popular for all our customers and to be able to display one of these incredible pieces of artwork is quite a privilege. This is the latest piece of Jelly Belly Art and very few people have actually seen it. There won’t be many people in the Yorkshire Dales who ever had chance to meet Marilyn Monroe, so i guess this is the next best thing!” said Lucy Scott Paul of Bah Humbugs.

Bah Humbugs would like to invite customers down to the shop or via their online shop (www.bahhumbugs.com) to have a go at guessing how many Jelly Belly jelly beans have been used to create the masterpiece. There will be Jelly Belly goodies up for grabs for people who are successful with their guessing!

For those of you not familiar with Jelly Bellys, they are America’s Original Gourmet Jelly Bean, a favourite with Presidents, Royalty and many celebrities. President Reagan had three and a half tons delivered to the White House for his inauguration party (in fact, the Blueberry flavour was created just for him!) and the beans were orbited into outer-space on the space shuttle Challenger. There are 50 flavours of Jelly Bellys and each bean can take up to 21 days to create the true to life taste. Not only are these beans absolutely delicious, but they are fat free, gluten free and suitable for people on Kosher and vegetarian diets!

There are only four pieces of Jelly Belly Art in the whole of the UK, all created by Britain’s own home grown artist Malcolm West. Malcolm explains: "First I create a rough pencil drawing, using a photograph of the subject. Then I paint a tight colour composition and finish by creating a mosaic of Jelly Belly jelly beans. I soak the beans in clear glue, wet the painting with more glue, and then slide the appropriately coloured beans into position. I mix a variety of colours in any one area to create an impressionistic look and vibrating colours and use all forty official flavours of Jelly Belly beans as they give me a full palette of colours. I treat each bean like a gem - laying each one is a very painstaking process. But the effect is very exciting"

For your chance to see Marilyn Monroe, head to Bah Humbugs where you’ll be warmly welcomed this Summer, and whilst you’re deliberating over how many beans have been used in the mosaic there are sure to be some Jelly Bellys on offer for you to try!

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